How do people use 720p TV's as monitors..

Dr_BenD_over · **Posted:** Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:30 pm

This just plain sucks, I don't have enough vertical in IE8 (probably due to the fact it doesn't let you place some of the tool bar items together anymore)

Hali_Newf · **Posted:** Sun Jan 03, 2010 7:03 pm

funny you mention that, I am strongly considering a htpc build for thr 42' samsung 1080p I have. Why should I spend money several times on movies when I can stream them from the internet and from my pc wireless or xfer them wireless for viewing.

You can easily use HDMI , given you have a HDMI out on your vid card. Otherwise s-video ( which I wouldn't bother using as it does suck) VGA or HDMI depending on the TV. You can kinda mix and match if you have the appropriate adapter. ie: dvi -hdmi adapter etc.

CMDR Steve-O · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:00 am

People use 720pTVs as monitors?

Denty · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:30 am

i use my 720 p tv as a second monitor to watch movies on when i'm in bed, resolutions fine

Dr_BenD_over · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:10 am

CMDR Steve-O wrote:

People use 720pTVs as monitors?

Apparently, with some going so far as to say how awesome things look at 1360x768 :roll:

. VGA or HDMI at the res. is as about as good as S-Video at 1024x768 on an old CRT TV.

With some of the advertising on some websites, you can read like 2 lines of an article before you have to scroll down ffs.

Captian_Obvious · **Joined:** Wed Aug 19, 2009 4:57 pm **Posts:** 171

if you have a 1080 tv then its not as bad, im running a 42" 1080p rca as my second at 1920x1080, which isnt to far off from the 1920x1200 on my 27" , although the computer lcd is far superior to the tv lcd

Flama22 · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:59 am

CMDR Steve-O wrote:

People use 720pTVs as monitors?

On the rare occasion I hear people doing this I just disregard their opinions as stupid.

Monkeydee · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:43 pm

Denty wrote:

i use my 720 p tv as a second monitor to watch movies on when i'm in bed, resolutions fine

that's about all i'd use a 720p TV for as well.
but then why buy a 720p TV now anyway since 1080p TVs are getting relatively cheap for a decent size.

tweakstur · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:44 pm

My laptop is 1280x800 and my 32" Sharp Aquos is 1366x768. Both are fine for every day use and watching movies.

For my programming and graphic work, I can see how 720p is not enough. Hell, I'm not happy with my 22" LG @ 1680x1050. Need some Dell UltraSharp 24" @ 1900x1200

Dr_BenD_over · **Posted:** Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:59 pm

HDMI is definitely better than VGA. Even though the manual said I'd still be limited to that crap res., I can set it to 1920x1080...i which loooks like crap. Anyway, overscan is gone, text is sharper, the 2400Pro PCI doesn't have audio, but HDMI 1 on my TV has audio in.

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